Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-02-18


that they should be prohibited aos'sute',
from owning directly or indirectly t1ai VI
personal property other than that as uaiiS
necessary for their business OF common
carriers: that we regard the system now
practiced by certain railroad ccnlahles
OF buying up, SO as to monopolize. sns Goa
| and other mineral lands of the country as
pregnant with the greatest evli' teat te
corner fuel would be scarcely less sdisas
trous than to corner bread, and would
place the consumer az the mercy OF moDop
oily in the price to be paid for this neces-
sary of life.
6. We earnestly call upon our repfesen
tatives, both by word and vote, to urge
repeal of the tax on tobacco ana fruit'
brandies.
z. That we hereby express our unaitera-
bic determination to support no man VINO
will not aid us honestly and faithfully IN
obtaining relief from tue grievances COM
planned of. and to that end we hereby
recommend that the agrlcultpra! css.s Or
eanize throughout the State and support
men who are pledged to be IN full accord
and sympathy with the farming interest
for all legislative offices, both State and
national, and will pledge themselves TO
refuse free passes on railroads.
s. That in the contest which is to be
made between monopoly and the privileged
classes on the one hand, and the taxpayers
on the other. involving, as 1t DOES, "a fan
price to the consumer of what he eats and
| wears Of the very fuel that protects Dis
family from the frosts of winter. involves
also the continuance Of a system OF taxa
ton that reduces the value of day
wages one third, by increasing the price
of that which the necessities of the con
sumner compel him to buy; and whilst DIS
claiming any utilization with extremes. =" c
invoke the assistance and corporation OF
oil laboters, whether in the field. factory
| or elsewhere, and ask that such unite with
us and make common cause against
common enenaQ
THE AGRICULTURAL BILL.
The Assembly then adopted the Agrl,
cultural bill.
Tue first section prays the General AS
sembly TO establish Department of Ag-
riculture. to be composed of representa-
lives from all the agricultural societies IN
the State. This includes horticultural
and horticultural societies.
Section provides for board of direc.
Erot wi nrpQ.
sdents of the State Agricultural Society,
tue president of each uf the other societies
aud three members to be appointed by the
Governor from the Grand Divisions OF the
s ate.
The third section tells who shall he the
executive Committee. The fourth and
fifth sections advocate an appropriation
of $4,000 per year to the Agricultural
Department The sixth section, as amend
ed, says that from the above sum there
shall be annually paid to the societies be.
longing to the Board, a sum rateably ap'
portioned among them; that all amounts
collected by each society, its premium list
and amount expended therefor, be report.
I'd to the Board. This section provides
against false reports.
Section requires the State Board to
meet in Richmond the second Tuesday IN
January of each year. Called meetings are
also provided for.
Section provides for an experimental
station at the University of Virginia, and
SIS 900 is to be appropriated annually fol
this purpose.
S.clioa provides for the institution Of
Farmers Institutes throughout the State
and SIS 600 is appropriated for this pur
pose.
Section 10 requires the publication oil
lectures delivered and essays read at the
Farmers Institutes.
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA BILL.
Mr.. Grattan introduced preamble ane
resolution, which were adopted, indorsine
the pleuro-pneumonlA bill now before thu
Congress of the United States.
A resolution wss adopted providing fol
assessing the delegates to the next session
of the Assembly to support its expenses
ENDORSING THE PRESIDENT.
Mr.. q. H. Pierson of Caroline offered {
set of resolutions, which were adopted. re
turning thanks to President Cleveland fol
the kindly sympathy which he expressed
in his late annual message for the farmers
of the country IN their oppressed condition
and for the promptness with which b'
signs measures looking to their relief. ex
pressing the hope that the President may
appoint as one of the five commissioned
called for by the Inter State Commerct
Bill man practically engaged in agricul
ture; that Colonel Beverley. President O
the Assembly, present these resolutions il
person.